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Toyota lifts annual profit forecast on currency moves, Q3 profit eases

Global Economy

Reuters
06 February, 2020, 11:50 am
Last modified: 06 February, 2020, 12:26 pm

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Toyota lifts annual profit forecast on currency moves, Q3 profit eases

The outlook is based on a new assumption for the yen to average around 108 yen to the US dollar during the current business year versus 107 yen previously

Reuters
06 February, 2020, 11:50 am
Last modified: 06 February, 2020, 12:26 pm
A Toyota logo is displayed at the 89th Geneva International Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland March 5, 2019. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy/File Photo
A Toyota logo is displayed at the 89th Geneva International Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland March 5, 2019. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy/File Photo

Toyota Motor Corp raised its annual operating profit forecast by 4.2% on favourable currency rates and better-than-expected vehicle sales, but added that the impact of the new coronavirus was difficult to gauge and not yet been factored in.

Vehicle output at many factories in China has come to a standstill as automakers have suspended operations in line with government guidelines to prevent the spread of the virus which has led to nearly 600 deaths in the country.

The epidemic is likely to wreak havoc on China auto sales and production in the first quarter, and has disrupted the supply of parts for some car makers with Hyundai Motor Co this week saying it would have to suspend production in South Korea.

"We are looking very closely at inventories of components which are made in China and used in other countries, including Japan, and at the possibility of alternative production," Operating Officer Masayoshi Shirayanagi told a news conference.

S&P credit analyst Vittoria Ferraris has estimated "up to one-half" of vehicle and components that would normally be produced in China could be affected if shutdowns are extended further. Production at many auto and auto components plants across China, including Toyota's, has currently been halted through to February 9.

Japan's biggest automaker said it now expects operating profit for the year to end-March to climb to 2.5 trillion yen ($22.7 billion), up from 2.47 trillion yen a year earlier and in line with market estimates.

The outlook is based on a new assumption for the yen to average around 108 yen to the US dollar during the current business year versus 107 yen previously.

Third-quarter profit, however, declined 3.2% to 654.4 billion yen on softer vehicle sales, though the result was slightly higher than market expectations.

Sales in Asia tumbled 12.5% while sales in North America, Toyota's biggest market, slipped 1.8%.

But for the full year, Toyota now expects to sell 10.73 million vehicles, slightly higher than a previous forecast for 10.7 million units. 

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